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The essays in Thornton Wilder: New Perspectives constitute a comprehensive critical reassessment at a time of renewed interest in the writer.
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Hello, Dolly!, the musical based on Thornton Wilder’s 1955 farce, The Matchmaker, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2014.
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Plot summaries and critical analyses for Wilder’s full-length plays are now complete with the addition of The Matchmaker.
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Joining our talented group of contributing writers, Eric Specian has composed a plot summary and critical analysis for Wilder's one-act play The Long Christmas Dinner.
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Matthew Angelo has provided The Thornton Wilder Society with another engaging plot summary and critical analysis. This time his articles cover the screenplay Wilder wrote for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Shadow of a Doubt.
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Thornton Wilder, who lived in Chicago and taught at the University of Chicago from 1930-1936, was one of six members of The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame's class of 2013.
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Pick up a copy of the Spring 2013 issue of Clues: A Journal of Detection for an article on Wilder, Shadow of a Doubt, and Hitchcock's mise-en-scène. The article was written by Donna Kornhaber of the University of Texas at Austin.
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Join us for the 24th Annual American Literature Association Conference!
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